Jorrit Kleijnen - Film Composer
Jorrit Kleijnen (1986) graduated in 2008 from HKU University of the Arts Utrecht as a media composer.
After working in Hollywood for composer Christopher Young, he and Alexander Reumers start the company "Paraphrase", a collective specialized in music composition for commercials, drama series and films.
This collaboration has resulted in music compositions for campaigns by Ikea, Samsung, Vodafone, Albert Heijn, KLM, Audi and Efteling, as well as a Golden Calf nomination for their score for the arthouse film Gluckauf.
During his work as an advertising composer, Jorrit got to know songwriter Marijn van der Meer in 2014. There’s a great musical synergy between the two and they spend a lot of time together in the studio.
When BMW uses one of their songs "Finding out More" in an advertising campaign in the spring of 2015, there is great interest in their music and they decide to form the band HAEVN. The pop music with cinematic arrangements and dreamy melodies can count on a lot of response. 2016 was the year of Noorderslag, a sold out Paradiso, an Edison and 3FM award nomination for best newcomer.
More with Jorrit Kleijnen
Jorrit tells us about Christopher Young, Hollywood and the Dutch media industry. How do you divide your time between composing and writing pop songs? And: LEGO?
In this interview Jorrit gives some insight in his design process along ten questions which address topics such as preparation, technology, how to get ideas and the function of Energy Drinks.
Jorrit Kleijnen (1986) graduated in 2008 from HKU University of the Arts Utrecht as a media composer. After working in Hollywood for composer Christopher Young, he and Alexander Reumers start the company "Paraphrase"
In this magazine we talk to Han Otten, Jorrit Kleijnen and Vidjay Beerenpoot about their works and experiences in the film industry.
